My Playlist for The Nativity

Can you hear the music? Do you hear it play? It’s telling you the story of the first Christmas Day…

Perfect for children of all ages, this album of classical and traditional works is a charming and engaging retelling of the nativity through music, song, and rhyme. Well-known composers like Mozart, Rutter, Lutoslawski and Brahms are included here, alongside traditional Christmas carols like “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks”, and “Mary Had a Baby”. Each of these songs has been taken from an album in the Naxos catalogue, and the works are performed by world-renowned vocalists and instrumentalists. Listen to this music, read the story, and enjoy.

Tracklisting:
1. Rutter - Nativity Carol
2. Trad. - The Angel Gabriel
3. Lutoslawski - Hurrying to Bethlehem
4. Rodrigo - Little Donkeys in Bethlehem
5. Redner - O Little Town of Bethlehem
6. Trad. - The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy (instr.)
7. Trad. - Mary had a baby
8. Ireland - The Hold Boy
9. Kirkpatrick - Away in a Manger
10. Brahms - Lullaby
11. Mozart - 12 Variations on Ah, vous dirais-je maman
12. Mason - Joy to the World
13. Trad. - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
14. Anderson - Angels in our Fields
15. Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
16. Hopkins Jr. - We three kings of Orient are
17. Wang - Camels Bells in the Desert
18. Rosenberg - March of the Wise Men
19. Mendelssohn - Christmas Pieces: Andante sostenuto
20. Gruber - Silent Night